| 1．Kōya-Ryūjin Quasi-National Park ・Nara/Wakayama Prefecture, Japan |
| Kōya-Ryūjin Quasi-National Park (高野竜神国定公園, Kōya-Ryūjin Kokutei Kōen) is a Quasi-National Park in Nara and Wakayama Prefectures, Japan. It was established in 1967.[2][3] |
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| 2．Kongō-Ikoma-Kisen Quasi-National Park ・Kansai, Japan |
| Kongō-Ikoma-Kisen Quasi-National Park (金剛生駒紀泉国定公園, Kongō-Ikoma-Kisen Kokutei Kōen) is a Quasi-National Park in Nara, Ōsaka, and Wakayama Prefectures, Japan. It was established in 1958.[2][3] |
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| 3．Yoshino-Kumano National Park ・Kansai, Japan |
| Yoshino-Kumano National Park (吉野熊野国立公園, Yoshino-Kumano Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park comprising several non-contiguous areas of Mie, Nara, and Wakayama Prefectures, in the Kansai region of Japan. Established in 1936, the park includes Mount Yoshino, celebrated for its cherry blossoms, as well as elements of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range.[1][2] |
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| 4．Setonaikai National Park ・Seto Inland Sea, Japan |
| Setonaikai National Park (瀬戸内海国立公園, Setonaikai Kokuritsu Kōen) is a Japanese national park, comprising areas of Japan's Seto Inland Sea, and of ten bordering prefectures. Designated a national park in 1934, it has since been expanded several times. It contains about 3,000 islands, known as the Setouchi Islands,[1] including the well-known Itsukushima. As the park encompasses many non-contiguous areas, and covers a tiny proportion of the Inland Sea's total extent, control and protection is problematic; much of the wider area is heavily industrialized.[2][3] |
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| 5．Kankakei |
| The gorge of Kankakei (寒霞渓, Kanka-kei, literally 'cold mist valley') is a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty on the island of Shōdo-shima, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.[1] Part of the Setonaikai National Park, the heights rise to 812 m.[2] The area is celebrated for its Japanese maple trees.[3] Volunteers formed a preservation society in 1898 and when, in 1912, expropriation of the area was attempted, a soy sauce magnate stepped in to ensure its preservation.[4] In 1927 Kankakei was selected as one of the 100 Landscapes of Japan.[5] |
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| 6．Shiwaku Islands |
| 34°22′15.34″N 133°37′7.73″E / 34.3709278°N 133.6188139°E / 34.3709278; 133.6188139The Shiwaku Islands (塩飽諸島, Shiwaku-shotō) or Shiwaku-jima (塩飽島) are an archipelago in the Seto Inland Sea, between the larger Japanese islands of Honshu and Shikoku.[1] The group is situated between Okayama Prefecture and Kagawa Prefecture in the western Bisan Seto and consists of 28 islands of various sizes. On the Okayama side lie the Kasaoka Islands. The name derives from shioyaku (塩焼く) or shiowaku (潮湧く) both meaning boiling seawater to get salt. However, the name may also refer to rough water created by the confluence of tides that mix around the islands. |
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| 7．Tomonoura |
| Tomonoura (鞆の浦), formerly known as Tomonotsu (鞆の津), is a port in the Tomo ward of Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It stands on the southern point of the Numakuma Peninsula, 14 kilometers south of Fukuyama Station, with a population of about half a million people as of 2017.[1] Tomonoura has been a prosperous port since ancient times. Its unique circular harbor was preserved even after modern port facilities were introduced. Tomonoura lies within Tomokōen (鞆公園), which forms part of the Setonaikai National Park. In 2007, the port was listed as one of the top 100 scenic municipalities in Japan and its harbor was listed as one of the top 100 historical natural features in Japan.[citation needed] |
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| 8．Nishiseto Expressway |
| The Nishiseto Expressway (西瀬戸自動車道, Nishiseto Jidōsha-dō), often called the Shimanami Kaidō (しまなみ海道), is an expressway in Japan that connects Onomichi, Hiroshima and Imabari, Ehime, going through nine of the Geiyo Islands, including Ōshima, Ōmishima, and Innoshima. The road and multiple bridges crossing across the Seto Inland Sea is one of the three main transportation links of the Honshū–Shikoku Bridge Project, constructed between the islands of Honshu and Shikoku. |
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| 9．Harima Sea |
| Harima Sea (Japanese: 播磨灘) is the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea in Japan.[1][2] Located on the south side of the southwestern part of Hyōgo Prefecture (formerly Harima Province), it is bounded by Awaji Island to the east, Shodoshima to the west, and Shikoku in the south, with the Ieshima Islands in the northwest.[3] |
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| 10．Kimiidera Park |
| Kimiidera Park is a multi-use stadium in Wakayama, Japan. It is currently used mostly for football matches as well as athletics events. The stadium holds 20,000 people. 34°10′0.45″N 135°11′30.54″E / 34.1667917°N 135.1918167°E / 34.1667917; 135.1918167 |
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| 11．Kitan Strait |
| The Kitan Strait (紀淡海峡, Kitan kaikyō) or Tomogashima Channel (友ヶ島水道, Tomogashima suidō) separates Awaji Island from Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan and connects the Osaka Bay in the north to the Kii Channel in the south. The total width is 11 km, but the islands of Tomogashima reduce the distance to be spanned by a proposed bridge.[1][2]The strait forms part of the Setonaikai National Park.[3] |
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| 12．Saikazaki |
| Saikazaki (雑賀崎, Saika-Zaki) is a cape in the southern part of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, and is a specially designated region by Setonaikai National Park. Saikazaki, also known as "Oku-Wakaura," is a part of the Wakaura region that lies in the south-west part of Wakayama City. The Wakaura region, which has been known for its beauty since ancient times, and was even rated number one in the New Japanese Tourist Spot Top 100 Contest of 1950, has lost much of its natural allure due to development beginning in the 1970s. The Saikazaki area is home to the only natural coastline remaining in the region. |
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| 13．Tomogashima |
| Tomogashima (友ヶ島) is a cluster of four islands in the Inland Sea, off Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan. The four islands are Jinoshima (地ノ島), Kamishima (神島), Okinoshima (沖ノ島), and Torajima (虎島). The islands form part of the Setonaikai National Park.[1][2] |
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| 14．Wakayama Prefecture Botanical Park |
| The Wakayama Prefecture Botanical Park (和歌山県植物公園緑花センター, Wakayama-ken Shokubutsu Kōen Ryokka Sentā) is a park with botanical garden located at Higashi Sakamoto 672, Iwade, Wakayama, Japan. It is open daily except Tuesdays; an admission fee is charged. The park contains a large tropical greenhouse (fruit trees, bougainvillea, strelitzia, etc.); additional greenhouses for begonia, cactus (about 140 species), and orchid (Cattleya, Cymbidium, and Paphiopedilum); extensive flower plantings; a lotus pond (3,000 m2); and collections of camellia (2,000 m2, 80 varieties), hydrangea (2,000 m2, 75 varieties, including 35 Japanese varieties), medicinal plants (600 m2), and plum trees (1,000 m2, 33 varieties). |
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| 15．Kōyasanchō Ishimichi-Tamagawakyō Prefectural Natural Park ・Wakayama Prefecture, Japan |
| Kōyasanchō Ishimichi-Tamagawakyō Prefectural Natural Park (高野山町石道玉川峡県立自然公園, Kōyasan-chō Ishimichi Tamagawa-kyō kenritsu shizen kōen) is a Prefectural Natural Park in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1968, the park spans the borders of the municipalities of Hashimoto, Katsuragi, Kōya, and Kudoyama. The park comprises three non-contiguous areas, centred in turn upon Horaisan Jinja (宝来山神社) and the eponymous Kōyasan chōishi-michi and Tamagawa-kyō (玉川峡).[1][2] |
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| 16．Nishiarida Prefectural Natural Park ・Wakayama Prefecture, Japan |
| Nishiarida Prefectural Natural Park (西有田県立自然公園, Nishiarida kenritsu shizen kōen) is a Prefectural Natural Park in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1956, the park spans the borders of the municipalities of Arida, Hirogawa, and Yuasa. The park comprises the stretch of ria coast between Miyazaki-no-Hana (宮崎ノ鼻) in Arida and Karao Bay (唐尾湾) in Hirogawa, as well as the islands of Karumo-jima (苅藻島), Kenashi-jima (毛無島), and Takashima (鷹島).[1][2] |
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| 17．Oishi Kōgen Prefectural Natural Park ・Wakayama Prefecture, Japan |
| Oishi Kōgen Prefectural Natural Park (生石高原県立自然公園, Oishi Kōgen kenritsu shizen kōen) is a Prefectural Natural Park in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1955, the park spans the borders of the municipalities of Aridagawa and Kimino. The park's central feature is the eponymous Oishi Plateau (生石高原).[1][2] |
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